Thank you, Chair.
It's nice to see you again, Ms. Gibbons.
My first question is this: We've seen over the years a continued increased in closures of the B.C. salmon fisheries. I know that funding and support have been promised and supposedly allocated through the PSSI. That's already in there.
I'm hearing from fishers that no one is seeing anything and that they're not getting any solid information around when it will start. Meanwhile, we're seeing impacts on families as well as crew, vessels and expenses. This impacts every aspect of their lives. I heard, for example, from James Lawson, the president of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union, from the Heiltsuk nation, that the lack of information about the program is itself causing anxiety.
I'm wondering if you could clarify when B.C. salmon fishers will finally receive clarity with respect to a plan and have the funding in place to be able to move ahead with this.